How to Backup Your WordPress Site (Plus Helpful Plugins)

Next log into the file manager of your choice we're using Transmit in this example and enter the details for your website including a nickname your website url your unique SFTP username and password and change the port number to 2222... Tip  Upload the backup to your Dropbox account Google Drive burn it to a DVD CD email it etc just make sure you have several copies to ensure you don't lose your site should one of the backup dies.. Last up is a WordPress backup plugin that forces you to make use of that Dropbox account that's been lying around. WordPress Backup to Dropbox makes it simple to send full backups to your Dropbox account. This means should you lose your site you just need to reinstall the backup and your work is done. That out of the way let's create full backups of your WordPress site.. BackWPup is a popular WordPress backup plugin that helps you to create complete backups of your WordPress site and save the same on an external location such as Dropbox Amazon S3 FTP RackSpace Cloud and many more..  Read more